Rivas v. Waldman

Rose, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 18, 2005, which ruled that claimant was not an employee of Zalman Waldman and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

In June 2002, claimant sustained an injury to his right thigh while operating a circular saw to perform repair work on a door in a bungalow that was rented by a tenant, Yetti Deutsch, and owned by Zalman Waldman. Claimant’s workers’ compensation claim was ultimately disallowed by the Workers’ Compensation Board on the basis that there was insufficient evidence of an employment…